Rhone

The _Perte du Rhone_, or the spot where the Rhone suddenly sinks into the ground, forms one of the objects usually visited from Geneva, and I accepted a proposal to join a party in making an excursion thither.

A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Richard Boyle Bernard

For wine I chose a glass of what Tom, the congenial barman, described as a Rhone blend from Spain.

Jack: 280 notyettjillian stars 2006

Steve Jones won the Aventis Prize for Science Books then known as the Rhone-Poulenc Prize in 1994 for ‘The Language of the Genes’.

Steve Jones: Why creationism is wrong and evolution is right - The Panda's Thumb 2006

Steve Jones won the Aventis Prize for Science Books then known as the Rhone-Poulenc Prize in 1994 for ‘The Language of the Genes’.

The Panda's Thumb: April 2006 Archives 2006

For wine I chose a glass of what Tom, the congenial barman, described as a Rhone blend from Spain.

Augieland: 2006

And so the gossip makers called Rhone a rake and Lyon a pirate, but never, of course, to either gentleman's face.

The Lion's Lady Garwood, Julie 1988

On the opposite side of the Rhone are the sunny plains of Laguedoc, which, when refreshed by the wind, breathe odours and perfumes from a thousand wild herbs and flowers.

Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney

At the end of that century the Rhone was a Burgundian river.

Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868

"I am told," said Mr. Holiday, "that the coming in of the turbid torrent of the Arve into the clear blue waters of the Rhone is a very pretty spectacle, and I should like very much to see it; but it is rather too far to go."

Rollo in Geneva Jacob Abbott 1841

One of the relative bargains among great Syrah from the Rhone are the complex and delicious wines made by Thierry Allemand in Cornas, which go for $60 to $80.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Richard Jennings 2012